Re: What about a new `mib' command?

Doug Hughes (Doug.Hughes@Eng.Auburn.EDU)
Wed, 22 Jan 1997 14:51:18 -0600

>
>Doug Hughes <Doug.Hughes@Eng.Auburn.EDU> said:
>
>Doug> It might be useful to have a $node syntax which is an alias
>Doug> for $node type. (would fit in with $node description and
>Doug> $node access)
>
>What about a $node syntax which returns the name of the syntax, e.g.
>DisplayString, while $node type returns the handle for the type
>"object"?
>
Yes!

>Doug> I like this new style better. It fits in much better with
>Doug> other Tcl packages. I'm not sure the mib info would be
>Doug> needed. You could just have a $node info.
>
>The mib info command is an easy and efficient way to get for example
>all known SNMP "type" names. This can be useful in some situations.
>

Quite right. I hadn't thought about that. Should there then be a node info
which works on just the node (printing out the syntax, description, index,
etc all in one swell foop?)

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